These are some of my thoughts, the musings of someone who knows hardly anything about how the world works… whether you are talking politically, magikally, or scientifically.
It works the way the folks that have the dashboard controls want it to work I guess.  I am still going to agree with a famous author, and state that the people who want to run things, want to for personal gain, conversely   the people who have the real potential to run things, do not want to.   It would seem that the way of things is not geared to non-separation in the slightest.
It appears to be an all or nothing concept.   Perhaps the world needs to be caring about everything and everyone else as a whole before everything will even begin to be any different! … I rilly can’t see any sort of utopia coming to pass. At least not without a huge mass shift in consciousness. Maybe this is what is meant by the age of Aquarius? (a very gradual shift to a new way of thinking.)
There are many people who are sure that the “higher” consciousness and resonations of the few, balance that of the many, and that’s the way that the world will gradually redress the balance. 
I rilly would like to believe that.    http://www.scribd.com/doc/8547284/david-hawkins-power-vs-force
It seems to me that as it stands now, humans generally, are simply not mentally wired up to think about anything further than their own little reality tunnel…  if that is the case, then although we are apparently cultured and learned these days… priorities have not changed at all.  The whole world is still fighting for who has the most territory, who carries the biggest “stick”, who produces the most attractive looking people, who monopolises world resources… the list goes on.  It seems to me, it’s the same as it’s always been, except now, we have more devastating weapons, plastic surgery, huge oil rigs etc.. It’s the same, but on a monstrously larger scale. There was something I was watching recently, and scientists were saying that there could have been another race of mankind!  Neanderthal as well as Homo-sapien.  .. I’m not sure what to think about that, but my first reaction was.. good thing there isn’t!!
It’s quite difficult enough as it is. What I wanted to think is, that would be amazing!  having two types of humans.
The media as a whole, show us how terrible things are happening.. and also remind us that we must buy lots of toiletries and overpriced designer stuff to look our best!  and loads of other stuff that people buy, without really knowing why.  ( Evian backwards?) to me, the world is progressing, but getting nowhere important and politics are just a load of people striving to better themselves, and if it happens to help certain people, all well and good.. that means more votes.
I know this is very over simplified.. I realise that I don’t know how the world “really” works.. I would of course welcome comments to help me understand some points that I have not grasped, or have understood horribly wrongly.  I know that its workings are far more complex than I know about, 
I know i wouldn’t have a clue about running any aspect of it, nor would I want to. 
Is there a price to pay for Eden?   Was mankind always meant to be magikal rather than coldly scientific, non-separate rather than insular? Who nose?….I think religion is nothing more than a comfort to hang on to. I find philosophy teaches me, but religion is just too non-expansive.  there are big gaps with questionable stuff poking through!  it’s ok if one doesn’t mind having a reality tunnel like a toilet roll tube,  but I for one need more to thought than logic! and more to life than why i am here!!   The world as a whole, seems to be overlooking some fundamental thang that one can only really guess at.
I’m not sure I can even take a wild guess!   I am hoping it may have something to do with quantum, order, chaos… and fnord.